The first matches counting for the preliminary round of the African Champions League took place on Friday and Saturday. Held in check in Nigeria in the first leg (0-0), CR Bélouizdad, Algerian champions, ensured at home and validated their ticket with flying colors against BO Rangers (3-0) with goals from Chouaib Keddad ( 33e) and former Nîmes Karim Aribi, author of an express double (86e89e).
Quiet qualification also for the Ugandans of Vipers, winners in the first leg and return against Olympic Real de Bangui (3-0, 1-0) and who will meet TP Mazembe in the next round. Raja Casablanca will face ASN Nigelec, who defeated the Guineans of SOA Renaissante (2-1, 0-0). Young Africans, Petro de Luanda, Al Merreikh or Al Ahly Tripoli all held their rank and validated their ticket for the next round.
End of the return leg on Sunday with many matches on the program including JS Kabylie and Vita Club who must turn things around after their away defeat in the first leg.
The results of the preliminary round return of the UCL
In bold, the qualifiers; in parentheses, the score of the first leg.
Nouadhibou (Mauritania) 0-1 A LOT Kara (Togo) (1-2)
CR Belouizdad (Algeria) 3-0 BO Rangers (Sierra Leone) (0-0)
Al Ahly Tripoli (Libya) 4-0 KMKM (Zanzibar) (2-0)
Young Africans (Tanzania) 5-0 Zalan (South Sudan) (4-0)
Petro de Luanda (Angola) 2-1 Black Bulls (Mozambique) (3-0)
Royal Leopards (Eswatini) 2-1 CFFA (Madagascar) (3-2)
Vipers (Uganda) 1-0 Olympic Real de Bangui (Central African Republic) (3-0)
Al Merreikh (Sudan) 0-0 AS Arta Solar (Djibouti) (2-1)
SOA Renaissant (Guinea) 0-0 ASN Nigelec (Niger) (1-2)
Sunday’s program
Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) – US Monastir (Tunisia)
Nyasa Big Bullets (Malawi) – Simba SC (Tanzania)
Cape Town City (South Africa) – AS Otoho (Congo-Brazzaville)
Red Arrows (Zambie) – August 1st (Angola)
Matlama (Lesotho) – Cotton Sport (Cameroon)
Mandji Stadium (Gabon) – Plateau United (Nigeria)
Deportivo Mongomo (Equatorial Guinea) – Djoliba (Mali)
Torch of the Center (Burundi) – Al Ittihad (Libya)
Saint George (Ethiopia) – Al Hilal (Sudan)
Rivers United (Nigeria) – Watanga (Liberia)
Coton FC (Benin) – ASEC Mimosas (Ivory Coast)
Casa Sports (Senegal) – JS Kabylie (Algeria)
RCK (Burkina Faso) – Asante Kotoko (Ghana)
Elect Sport (Chad) – Zamalek (Egypt)
Exempts : Al Ahly (Egypt), Esperance (Tunisia), Mamelodi Sundowns (South Africa), Raja Club Athletic (Morocco), TP Mazembe (DRC), Wydad Athletic Club (Morocco) + Horoya (Guinea), qualified by default.
NB: CAF must decide on the case of the La Passe (Seychelles)-Volcan Club (Comoros) match, which did not take place due to logistical problems for the Comorians, winners 1-0 in the first leg.